APC Document
7:Addition of new course, LIT 346, Readings in Gender and
Sexuality

Effective
Date: Fall 2010

1.Add:On page 188,
new course, LIT 346:

346Readings in Gender and Sexuality (3)

Explores major authors, critical
theories and themes with a focus on representations and expressions of gendered
and/or sexual identities in literature. These identities are considered within
historical and social contexts and in terms of their relationship with other
forms of cultural identity (e.g. class, race, nationality). May be repeated as
content varies for a total of 6 hours credit. See department chair.

Impact:

There should be no impact on the
resources and staffing of the Literature and Language Department, Women’s
Studies or other departments on campus with this addition. The course has been
taught as a Special Topics three times by the same instructor (Lorena Russell)
in correspondence with the UNCA glbtq conference. Broadening the title will
also allow other instructors within LIT & LANG to bring their specific
expertise in gender and sexuality to the class.

Rationale:

“Queer Fictions,” a DI and Cluster 10,
“Identity and Its Expressions” course, has been taught as a special topics
course for the past six years. Given the course’s inclusion in a cluster, its
potential status as a DI course, and its contribution to the Women’s Studies
Program, “Readings
in Gender and Sexuality” should be added as a part of the curriculum in the
Literature and Language Department. Removing the class from special topics also
allows it to be listed as an elective in the WMST curriculum, where it
contributes to expansion of that major to include gender and sexuality.
Finally, this addition is part of the Literature & Language Department’s
process of updating our current curriculum to reflect changes in the profession
and to more adequately represent our current course offerings. The field of
gender and sexuality (including queer studies) is one of the more dynamic and
expansive areas within English studies. Courses on gender and sexuality are
standard in most English departments today, and this area of study provides a
good fit for UNC Asheville, insofar as we are a campus known for our
well-represented glbtq student population.

2.Add:On page 268,
LIT 346, as option in the WMST curriculum under “Humanities”

LIT346Readings in Gender and Sexuality (3) (GS)

Impact:

There should be no impact on the
resources and staffing of the Literature department or Women’s Studies Program.
This course has been taught as a Special Topics three times as “Queer
Fictions”.

Rationale:

Women’s Studies welcomes new options
for its majors and minors, and is expanding its curriculum choices in the
direction of gender and sexuality.Therefore “Readings
in Gender and Sexuality” should be listed as a Women’s Studies offering in the
catalog.